Yeah, that’s what a lot of people miss. They think it’s evaluating the driver, when it’s evaluating the entire driving environment (including the driver). If you drive in conditions where there is high probability of crashing, they don’t want it even if you are a good driver, since it doesn’t matter if driver is at…

Yeah, what you mention is exactly what people that used the chargers have said, and I linked below charging instructions from EA that said exactly what you said: “Only one cable can be used per charger at a time, but we’ve equipped each charger with multiple cables to accommodate different charging ports on various…

That’s the huge mistake that I was pointing out. You would think because there are two separate plugs, that you can charge two cars simultaneously (which seems to be the assumption DOE is making). But that’s not the case!

“First, I never said CCS networks were superior.”

I’m not saying “most” of them are like that. I’m saying a lot of them are. I saw this mentioned in the Tesla forums by people using CCS chargers.

You are setting up a false dilemma. Why not give customers access to other networks even if they were inferior to the supercharger network? It just gives them more flexibility. For the same reason, Tesla includes a J1772 adapter and their Mobile Connector allows easily adapting to all sorts of NEMA sockets (which is…

The ones that charge fast are branded “superchargers” by Tesla and they are DC chargers. CCS chargers are also DC chargers and also charge similarly fast. So the impact on the battery is the same between the two. This adapter only lets Teslas charge on DC chargers that use CCS connectors.

All the other cars listed in the article have pretty good aero, but they don’t have anywhere near the “soap” aesthetic of the Mercedes (pretty fitting description, I couldn’t quite think of a term to describe it). I also think it’s a miss in styling. Only consolidation prize it’s still a ton better than BMW’s latest…

See my post above. I take it you haven’t looked for how much EV adapters or industrial high power sockets/connectors cost, even ones made by knockoff brands. $90 for a simple knockoff J1772 adapter (even to standard type 2) which handles much less power (20kW). Look up how much a 100A industrial power socket costs.

I forgot to mention another thing. There are a lot of CCS chargers with 2 CCS ports, but you can’t use them at the same time. They only have one on each side to enable more flexibility on reaching your car, but two cars can’t use them simultaneously. Some care needs to be used to account for this (not sure if the stat…

That’s true of all DC charging (especially charging in the cold). It’ll tend to wear your battery down faster due to high C-rate (this is a simplification, in some respects cycling fights calendar aging effects, so the effect is not quite additive).

If it’s like the CCS2 adapter (which is $190 after accounting for exchange rate), it’s mostly just plastic and copper, but given that “dumb” adapter has been tested to deliver 140 kW of power in the real world, it’s probably worth it.

The supercharger network being the best DC charging network out there doesn’t conflict with making an adapter for other inferior networks. Having an adapter for all DC charging types means if you own a Tesla, you have access to all the stations out there, while the reverse isn’t true. That’s a huge advantage for Tesla…

“Where Tesla only has 1266 charging ports in the US”. That’s incorrect. They have that many stations in the US, they have far more charging ports than that as each station averages around 10 stalls per station.

Yeah, I’m seeing this happen in other tech companies too, given during pandemic, people are finding that telecommuting actually works, and employees don’t actually need to be in the Silicon Valley area. Some have just moved to other areas in California, some have moved straight out to other states with lower cost of…

The point is “market adjustments” exactly show MSRP is not a ceiling, MSRP is just that: a “suggested” price. While for Tesla it is a true ceiling. And note they honor the price when you put in the order, even if the price increased before your car was ready or if you put your order on hold.

I gave the permalink, but Jalopnik doesn’t always jump to it.

Same guess. The difference in speed is what matters and it’s likely much lower than 60 mph. Plus by the time of impact they might not be going 60 mph anyways (given even if driver doesn’t brake, there is AEB that slows the car down automatically).

“I find it ironic that most EVs with big batteries simultaneously claim that their superior range is a game-changer, yet they also claim that the long charge times are no big deal if you plan around it.”
Keep in mind small battery EVs charge no faster than large battery EVs on a mph or kW basis (which is what matters).…

It’s not actually that bad, and it’s likely based on outdated data (which a lot of analysis were). There’s also the fact that a larger capacity pack tends to have less impact per kWh due to the fact the whole reason they can fit that pack is largely because it is more energy density (so less materials per given kWh).